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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1038 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 1033 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE        

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES HAVE EXCEEDED 1.25    

  INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS OVER WESTERN SECTIONS   

  OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS ON TOP OF ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL          

  THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 3.5 INCHES OF  

  RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE LAST NIGHT OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF      

  CRAWFORD COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO     

  HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH NOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF  

  RAIN POSSIBLE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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